Food Growing System Honoured By Royal Horticultural Society
Food Growing System Honoured By Royal Horticultural Society For The Verticrop(tm) Hydroponic System
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October 19, 2009, Valcent Products Inc. (the "Company") is proud to announce that the Royal Horticultural Society has granted a special award to a revolutionary food growing system, VertiCropTM The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) founded in 1804, is the International Registration Authority for more categories of plants than any other organization throughout the world. The RHS is the world's leading horticultural organization with extremely active Science and Educational Departments.
The new generation sustainable hydroponic system -- entitled VertiCropTM -- is the brain child of a Cornwall-based corporation, Valcent Products EU Ltd, (Valcent EU) which developed the system to find new ways of growing plants in a world of rapidly-diminishing resources.
John Craven OBE - distinguished journalist and broadcaster, who has presented the BBC's popular 'Countryfile' program for the past 20 years - unveiled the innovative product at a special ceremony at Paignton Zoo last month.
Days before it was officially opened to the public, The RHS awarded it a special discretionary honour at the RHS Britain in Bloom South West in Bloom Awards.
The West Country TV Cup, sponsored by RHS, the award was for an outstanding specific project. Jon Wheatley, one of the South West judges explained: "We were extremely impressed with this project and its future potential. Congratulations!"
The VertiCropTM system is set to provide a major breakthrough in locally grown food costs. A commercial high-density vertical growing system, it increases production volume of field crops up to 20 times over, but requiring as little as 5 per cent of the normal water supply. It is a non-GM solution to food problems -- for both humans and animals - using trays on a looped dynamic conveyor belt with automatic feeding stations to grow plants more efficiently.
Chris Bradford, Managing Director of Valcent EU said : "We are justifiably proud of our revolutionary new food production system and delighted that it has been selected to receive such an honour from The Royal Horticultural Society.
"VertiCropTM is the latest in plant growing technology, meeting the needs of the human population while reducing the pressure to clear precious habitats to grow crops. This technology could usher in a new era of urban horticulture."
The ground-breaking system -- the first of its kind in Europe -- was officially launched after months of careful preparation and planning; it is the first such system to be introduced anywhere in the world.
About Valcent Products Inc: Valcent Products Inc. (OTCBB: VCTZF) specializes in growing solutions and plant based consumer products and is a leader in the development of innovative and practical eco-technologies. For more information, visit: www.valcent.net and www.valcent.eu and contribute at
Food Growing System Honoured By Royal Horticultural Society For The Verticrop(tm) Hydroponic System October 19, 2009, Valcent Products Inc. (the "Company") is proud to announce that the Royal Horticultural Society has granted a special award to a revolutionary food growing system, VertiCropTM The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) founded in 1804, is the International Registration Authority for more categories of plants than any other organization throughout the world. The RHS is the world's leading horticultural organization with extremely active Science and Educational Departments.
The new generation sustainable hydroponic system -- entitled VertiCropTM -- is the brain child of a Cornwall-based corporation, Valcent Products EU Ltd, (Valcent EU) which developed the system to find new ways of growing plants in a world of rapidly-diminishing resources.
John Craven OBE - distinguished journalist and broadcaster, who has presented the BBC's popular 'Countryfile' program for the past 20 years - unveiled the innovative product at a special ceremony at Paignton Zoo last month.
Days before it was officially opened to the public, The RHS awarded it a special discretionary honour at the RHS Britain in Bloom South West in Bloom Awards.
The West Country TV Cup, sponsored by RHS, the award was for an outstanding specific project. Jon Wheatley, one of the South West judges explained: "We were extremely impressed with this project and its future potential. Congratulations!"
The VertiCropTM system is set to provide a major breakthrough in locally grown food costs. A commercial high-density vertical growing system, it increases production volume of field crops up to 20 times over, but requiring as little as 5 per cent of the normal water supply. It is a non-GM solution to food problems -- for both humans and animals - using trays on a looped dynamic conveyor belt with automatic feeding stations to grow plants more efficiently.
Chris Bradford, Managing Director of Valcent EU said : "We are justifiably proud of our revolutionary new food production system and delighted that it has been selected to receive such an honour from The Royal Horticultural Society.
"VertiCropTM is the latest in plant growing technology, meeting the needs of the human population while reducing the pressure to clear precious habitats to grow crops. This technology could usher in a new era of urban horticulture."
The ground-breaking system -- the first of its kind in Europe -- was officially launched after months of careful preparation and planning; it is the first such system to be introduced anywhere in the world.
About Valcent Products Inc: Valcent Products Inc. (OTCBB: VCTZF) specializes in growing solutions and plant based consumer products and is a leader in the development of innovative and practical eco-technologies. For more information, visit: www.valcent.net and www.valcent.eu and contribute at http://blog.valcent.net/ .
